Pasta Roller Review
While I've owned a Stand Mixer for a year or so, I never thought of making my own Pasta,I remember all the work my Mom use to do making her own with a Manual machine. Then a friend of mine got the set for a birthday present. So my Wife & I went over his house for dinner to see how it worked, I ordered mine the next day.
Very easy to use, The dough roller is the greatest and I've even used it to roll the dough out for making Raviolis. The key is in mixing up the Dough. I use 3 Cups Flour to 3 large eggs with a tablespoon of water, I 'borrowed' this off somebody on You-Tube and it hasn't failed me yet. The Kitchen-aid Recipe just doesn't get it, The dough comes out too wet and then you're forever adding flour to get it just right. ... Read More
Mmmm...it's awesome!
I enthusiastically endorse this pasta-making attachment set for KitchenAid mixers.
I've tried the extrusion-style pasta makers. I've tried the hand-crank machines. I've never had good results making pasta until I tried this approach. You get one pasta sheet roller and two pasta cutters, all three impressively solid of construction. The process is just 3 steps:
(1) Make pasta dough, which can be as simple as plain old all-purpose flour, egg, water and salt. This can easily be done in the bowl of your KitchenAid in less than 5 minutes. I have the smallest, 300-watt model, about 20 years old, and it works just fine.
(2) Mount the roller attachment in the power hub at the front of your KitchenAid, and run your dough ... Read More
Fantabulous
After watching a Top Chef episode where one of the contestants made fresh pasta for her lasagna, to rave reviews, I became inspired to make my own as well. This made it a cinch. I used the recipe included in manual and followed directions. I was very nervous but this was a breeze. I had no residual gunk on my pasta as other reviewers have had. It did a beautiful job and was very forgiving when I did not feed dough as straight as I could have. Just a note, I did require more water than was asked for in the recipe but I was clear, per instructions, that the dough could not be sticky so that was my guide. Buy this now!! Fresh pasta is so much better than store bought.
Yankee pasta!
I had not one problem with this the first time I made pasta in it. Everything came out perfect! I had read other reviews and had my doubts but no specks of metal nor anything else. I followed the directions to a tee and my fetticini came out perfect - tonights supper.
Great addition to my mixer
I will admit after reading some of the other reviews before buying this, I was a little nervous about using it. I am so happy I did. I make a different pasta recipe almost every night! The roller is also great for helping roll other doughs too like pie dough! This was a great investment and addition to my stand mixer!
